College Degree After 50 Is attaining a college degree after 50 years of age worth the effort and expense? There is a lot of conversation about whether higher education is worth the money. Make sure and read the many comments on this post below. The comment portion of this post is longer than the original […]
Career Development Plans in the 2nd Half of Life [Updated]
Career Development Plan?? When was the last time you had a career development plan? Most of us who joined the workforce during the 60’s, 70’s or 80’s remember sitting down with our managers once a year to work on a career development plan. That was when you started your career with one company and planned […]
What Types of Risk are You Taking in the 2nd Half Of Life?
What Types of Risk are You Taking? In the “What’s Next” Mastermind group within the Career Pivot Community, we have been discussing various types of risks and our willingness to take them. One of the trends I am seeing is that as we reach our 60s, some of us are willing to take more measured […]
Perceived and Real Risks in the 2nd Half Of Life
Perceived And Real Risks Risks in life come in two flavors, perceived and real, and as we enter the 2nd half of life we have to be more aware of the difference. This was extremely evident when I returned to the United States for the launch of Repurpose Your Career – A Practical Guide for […]
4 Skills to Develop to be Successful in The Second Half of Your Life
Skills to Develop to be Successful in The Second Half of Your Life Self-improvement, growth, and development should never stop. Regardless of your age, you need to find a way to keep learning, acquiring knowledge, and keeping up the pace with the world that’s changing around you. The second half of your life isn’t supposed […]
Baby Boomers, How is the Economy Working for You?
How is the Economy Working for You? This economy is humming along at full speed. It is working for everyone…right? Is this economy working for you? The opening paragraph of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life Third Edition is as follows: Finally, we’re at full employment! As of the writing of […]
Book Recommendations For Those Repurposing Their Careers
Book Recommendations from Repurpose Your Career I make a lot of book recommendations and references in the 3rd edition of Repurpose Your Career and I have been asked if I can consolidate that list. The Career Pivot website will be going a major overhaul in the 4th quarter of 2019 and the book will get […]
A Story of Faith, Patience and Grace [Guest Post]
Don Varey didn’t know his career was a lemon until he was forced to turn it into lemonade. Don was a customer of mine 20 years ago. I was a National Account Manager for MCI/Worldcom. Remember them? (Bernie Ebbers, Enron era, cowboys and charlatans galore) and Don was an IT Manager for my largest account, […]
Dealing With Uncertainty In The 2nd Half Of Life
Dealing With Uncertainty The word uncertainty keeps on popping up in my discussions with people over the last few months. Last week I published the post The Stress of the Being an Economic Refugee Expat which was all about the uncertainty that comes up when we make bad decisions or mistakes. I was referred to […]
